Early Head Start Home-Based Option

Last updated: 2016

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Reductions in child maltreatment

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Love, J., Kisker, E., Ross, C. M., Schochet, P. Z., Brooks-Gunn, J., Paulsell, D., et al. (2002). Making a difference in the lives of infants and toddlers and their families: The impacts of Early Head Start. Volumes I-III: Final technical report [and] appendixes [and] local contributions to understanding the programs and their impacts. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Head Start Bureau.

Early Head Start Home-Based Option

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance
Number of emergency room visits for injuries	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	28 months after assignment	EHS-HBO impact study	941 mothers	Adjusted mean = 0.30	Adjusted mean = 0.30	Mean difference = 0.00	HomeVEE calculated = 0.00	Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05

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Outcome measure	Outcome measure description	Collection method	Properties	Operations links
ER visits due to accident or injury	Percentage of children who had visited an ER because of accident or injury	Parent/caregiver report	Not applicable

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